Modular Light Surface Tiles

Brand: LIFX
Model: L3TILEKITUS
EAN: 9347403001229
Category: Home & Office
Price: n/a  (38 customer reviews)
Dimension: 0.98 x 7.87 x 7.87 inches
Shipping Wt: 4.84 pounds. FREE Shipping (Details)
Availability: In Stock.
Average Rating: 2.8 out of 5 stars
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Product Description

Change the feel and appearance of any room on a whim using these modular light surface tiles. The simple square design allows you to set them up into countless different shapes - allowing you to create truly memorizing patterns. [Read more]

Features

  • Easy set up. Tiles fit together or apart wherever you like in your home decor. Included command strips allow you to place them exactly where you want
  • Built in Wi-Fi & LIFX cloud. Offers full Lighting control via Wi-Fi and cloud through our LIFX iOS, Android and windows 10 apps. Access your tiles from anywhere, anytime via the cloud
  • Adjustable and dimmable. Connected Lighting and scenes for your space, time of day, and mood. Choose from 16 million colors with flexibility to dim
  • Place anywhere. LIFX tiles can be customized in any layout to ensure the best fit for your home
  • Custom zones. Let your imagination run wild with 64 individually Addressable colorful mixed soft zones in every tile. Create patterns, images and custom waveforms to express your creativity

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Top Reviews

Loved but returned.
by David (2 out of 5 stars)
January 29, 2019

I have a whole set of LIFX products, 3 lights bulbs, the strips, and a beam. So of course it was only natural to order the Tiles.

They arrived as expected and everything through the magic of Prime, but from there is where it got complicated. First off it's shipped in its own box which I found risky.

Setup on all of my other LIFX products took less then 5 minutes. I knew this one was going to be longer, I did not however expect it to take more then 3 hours to set up and get all working. Getting the wires and everything mounted wasn't even that hard or atleast at first. Once everything was up it took over an hour and over a dozen hard resets for it to finally set up recognizing all 5 tiles as 1 unit. Only to find out that u needed to make sure all the tiles were oriented in the same direction for the colors to flow properly. Aka if the lettering on the first tile was oriented with its words being oriented so the top was on the right side, then all the tiles had to have the top be the right side. Once I reoriented half of them so that they all faced the same it all finally worked correctly.
Only for them to start blinking red a short time later. Which apparently meant one of the cords were bad. So I had to pull them all off test each cord then remount them. This of course managed to disconnect it from the cloud meaning another hour of trying to get it to recognize everything as 1. This process continued atleast 5 times over the next 3 days. That's when I said enough and decided to return the product.

Listen don't get me wrong I absolutely adored these things and they looked incredible. But these were my most expensive smart feature to date and they were just too much hassle. Smart technology is supposed to make life simple not more complicated.
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Ill conceived
by Trevor Goodchild (1 out of 5 stars)
November 19, 2018

Nevertheless, nearly every aspect of this product is broken. It's a good idea, and all it would have taken was basic competency to make it work well. Where shall we begin?

None of the marketing photos show the wires that connect each tile, nor the power supply cord which will lead to the lowest tile. Now the reality is, each tile has 64 LEDs. Running them off batteries is not really feasible, but the cords which are impossible to route, do subtract substantially from the high-tech, modern look.

So set up is where I got stuck. My first attempt at connecting the tiles resulted in the LIFX app detecting two sets of lights, one individual, and the other four as one unit. I struggled with this for an hour, removing and then adding lights, but was never able to get them set up as a whole. In the meantime, the app offered to do a firmware update, which failed a dozen times but eventually worked.

I did some googling and found out there was a reset procedure-- plugging and unplugging each tile 5 times (masochists!). One tile promptly burnt out one of its USB ports, meaning I could now only use it as the last tile in series. I rearranged them and got the whole lot to pair correctly. I was happy.

I mounted them on the wall, fired up the whole lot, and this time I only saw one, single tile in the LIFX app. And that's how things remain. I can control one tile, and the rest are stuck on an admittedly pleasant blue color.

I really want to like this product, but It boggles the mind how something as simple as lighting an array of LEDs could be gotten so wrong. There is nothing here that a person with an arduino and 3d printer couldn't replicate in a weekend, and yet it utterly doesn't work.

I will update this review when I'm able to speak to LIFX, or figure out what the heck is going on. For now, I suggest you stay away.
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Impossible to set up
by Kent Lundblad (1 out of 5 stars)
May 29, 2019

The cables are FAR too long and stiff. They fight you the entire time you're trying to install them. As a one person job it's so frustrating that I just tore them down, and threw them in the box and threw that box in the closet. What a waste of money.

The cables need to be half as long and pliable. When trying to force them into place so they're not seen, they fight against you, and will pop the tiles right off the wall. There's no way to get them to just stick in place without possibly gluing them down... which I may attempt later.

The tiles themselves light up fine, but each tile needs to be connected individually to your app. That's mind boggling to me since they're all connected. but apparently these cables don't send data, only chain power. Each one is it's own device.

That makes programming them super difficult and annoying. God forbid you ever switch phones or the app gets messed up... you'll have to pull each tile off the wall and then register them with your app.

NOTHING about this product was well thought out. NOTHING.
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Look fine; nightmare to hang and configure
by Wayne Marsh (3 out of 5 stars)
May 1, 2019

The instructions tell you to link the tiles together and then mount them. This is unreasonable. I'm not an octopus, I can't mount five tiles at once and coordinating people to help me isn't much more use.

After finally mounting the tiles I had to take one down to make it sync with the others (good thing I'm technically-inclined, else I would never have figured this out). Remounting them was impossible. The sticky part of the mounting tape isn't stickier than the Velcro, so the Velcro never comes apart and you can't remount the tiles. Finding alternative mounting methods is difficult because of the recessed design of the tiles.

In the end I ended up abandoning two tiles and going with a three tile setup. Some things aren't worth it, and one of the five tiles was scuffed from falling off the wall repeatedly.

The tiles themselves look good.
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Beautiful, but set up is a pain
by James N. (4 out of 5 stars)
December 8, 2018

Overall these lights are fantastic. Bright, vivid, and adjustable in every way possible. The morph effect is the best of them all. However, the only drawback is the set up. All of my lights worked immediately when plugging in, but getting the wires to seat properly when placing on the wall was difficult. A future model should use small clasps to keep the connecting cords seated, as these fall out with the slightest tug. But once they're up, these lights are totally worth it!
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Never been so disappointed
by Jeffrey W. (1 out of 5 stars)
July 1, 2019

This is an absolute joke, normally I'd assume I got a defective unit but after 4 hours of following instructions, reset procedures, googling etc I am still only able to control one light, the rest remain a glowing red which from my understanding indicates a bad connection between the tiles such as a bad cable, I've tried swapping cables, resetting about 40 different times and 4 different ways, even tried a different wireless network, tried sit up on my iPad and iPhone. NOTHING WORKS! This thing is basically a set of $250 glowing red panels. I have over 20 Philips Hue products and they were SO easy to set up, no issues or complaints with them. I thought I'd give Lifx a try because of all the positive reviews on YouTube... and boy do I regret it. I will update if their email support ever gets back to me. Yes, you have to email them because they don't have a phone.
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Beautiful colors and very bright! Easy to use.
by Daniel (5 out of 5 stars)
September 25, 2019

It was a little difficult to get the cords to seat properly behind the tiles as I stuck them to the wall, but the end result is so worth it. Not sure why there are so many reviews saying they spent hours getting it set up only for it to fail. It took me a grand total of 40 mins to test them out, make sure the tiles were oriented upright, and get them stuck on the wall. Keep in mind the "lifx" branding and information on the backside must be placed right side up otherwise the patterns will not display properly. You can rearrange the tiles but not rotate them using the app.

I have them mounted above my bed as a reading light and they are just perfect! Very bright and even light is produced. I also use them as a sunrise light to wake me up.

I'm very very satisfied with these tiles and I'll be updating this review if anything goes wrong with them.
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Beautiful Lighting, Nightmarish Setup
by Khub (3 out of 5 stars)
August 22, 2019

At first when I read the other reviews, I honestly thought that these tiles may just have a steep learning curve or complicated instructions. I work in IT after all, how hard could it be right? Well...everyone's reviews pretty much nail these. I spent about 20-30 minutes total actually hanging them up and wiring them, and then about 3 hours getting them to work properly. The app is garbage. I experience really bad load times when trying to change scenes and colors sometimes, but as of right now everything is smooth.

I really wrote this review to give the steps I took to get them working. I experienced the issue where two lights worked and the rest were red at all times. After some searching online I found that to reset the lights you need to unplug them 5 times (waiting for two seconds between plugging and unplugging) and then they flash RGB and then are ready for setup. I had to have tried this 5-10 times with no results, so then I moved the tiles around in various orders using a different one as the first tile. The most I got to work was three this way.

Ultimately, I had to plug them in individually off of the wall on my bed. The first one always worked. The second one often did too. After that, I pretty much had to do the following:

Plug in tile, wait and see if it turns red.

If it turns red, unplug it individually 5 times until it resets.

After tile resets, reset ALL plugged in tiles using the unplug method above.

Add the next tile.

Repeat this until all tiles finally glow in unison.

These are supposed to be setup as one tile, meaning when you go to add lights in the app, you should only see one to actually add. Once they are added as one, you are able to adjust the layout of the tiles and then individually mess with them with scenes and colors.

After this lengthy process, I unplugged them and hung them up. Finally, I was able to join them as one tile in the app, and they worked as intended. I wish it hadn't taken me 3 hours to figure out, but I figured I could at least prevent others from going through it. I have read that their support is atrocious, so this review may be the best support you get with these unfortunately.

With all of that being said, these really are gorgeous once they are working properly, and they are bright enough to light up living room at full brightness. If you are looking for an easy setup though, I'd probably buy the nanoleaf canvas instead. The price for these lifex tiles might not be worth the headache for some. I almost gave up, and that's coming from someone who used a gift card to cover half of the cost.
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LIFX Tile - Review
by R. B. Duncan (3 out of 5 stars)
October 7, 2019

LIFX Tiles COULD be a great product. The tiles themselves have capabilities that are not taken advantage of by the poor software app used to control them. Third party software, such as Devicebook allow you to do much more with the tiles, but even that is limited. In addition, the tiles seem to have a mind of their own when you first turn them on. They don't always remember the last setting.

Good:

Each tile has 64 LED sections inside, so they are capable of producing a vast choice of effects, unlike Nanoleaf panels.

The translucent plastic diffuses the light well, so you don't see individual LEDs.

It (somewhat) works with Alexa and other smart devices.

They look nice once you get them installed and working correctly.

Bad:

The app is horrible. It doesn't work more than half of the time to change effects or colors without restarting either the app or the tiles.

The app doesn't allow you to make detailed changes to the colors (i.e. each LED), even though that capability should exist.

Interaction with Alexa appears to be limited to on and off. Tried several other functions without success.

Tiles don't return to the last selected effect when turning off and back on.

MSRP is way too expensive for these (I bought them on sale). I would not pay $250 for them.

Installation is a major pain. Wiring each tile to another before mounting on wall is very complicated.

Inability to connect more than 5 tiles to the included power supply. If you wanted a lot of tiles, you'd need multiple power supplies, which defeats the purpose.

Needless to say, I will keep the set that I purchased because they look okay, but I won't be covering a wall with them (as I was considering) because of the complicated installation, the poor software, and the power supply issue. If you just want a set of 5 (or 1 or 3), then I would recommend these ONLY if they are at a good sale price.
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Installation will make you question your life choices
by JAMES L (1 out of 5 stars)
October 10, 2019

Stupid and disingenuous. These are essentially impossible to install permanently as directed. They are made to stay up long enough that online review sites can take a picture and say something nice about their free product. I would bet the command strips themselves are a last-second hack to make the adhesive surface fat enough to overcome the chord thickness. The velcro does nothing useful-you will not be able to remove a tile without removing some of the strips entirely from the wall.

This is a failure of capitalism, where two companies (Lifx and Nanoleaf) competed to be first to market by cutting corners at every step. I have been on the dev forums, I have worked with their APIs. It's like teenagers playing at software engineering. Sigh. This will make you realize the (collective) brilliance of companies like 3M and Phillips, and respect the large markups those companies make to recoup development costs.

This is about people who want to be in the scene, who want to show up at CES and post on social media, but can't be bothered to go through testing and debug cycles. Not flashy enough for them. They don't even understand their addressable market. They think LED lighting is mainly for gamers decorating their battle stations. There is so much lost potential here. And if you think these are expensive, let me assure you: they are selling them at a loss. Sigh.

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